Morning Worship Service

Prelude: All Glory be to God on High, BWV 677 Johann Sebastian Bach

Announcements

Living Church: For the Deaf Rev. Peter Doerfler

Call to Worship

Doxology Old Hundredth

Praise God from whom all blessings flow; praise him, all creatures here below;
Praise him above, ye heav’nly host; praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen.

Prayer of Confession

Have mercy on us, O God, according to Your steadfast love. Our sin has been against You, although others have been hurt as well. It is against You that we have rebelled. It is against You that we have been angry — and yet it is to you that we cry for mercy! Even with our best intentions sin seems ever to creep in. Even with our firmest resolve we keep on sinning. Wash us, that we may be clean, fresh, and new. Cleanse us, that we have integrity, that we do right from inside out. Purge us, so we may be pure with a strong purity. In the name of Christ deliver us, O God of our salvation, and our tongues will sing aloud of Your deliverance. Amen.

The Gospel’s Assurance of Pardon: Psalm 103:2–5

Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits, who forgives all your iniquity, who heals all your diseases, who redeems your life from the pit, who crowns you with steadfast love and mercy, who satisfies you with good so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's.

Invocation

Hymn 77: Praise, My Soul, the King of Heaven Andrews

Responsive Reading: Psalm 25:1–10

To you, O Lord, I lift up my soul.
O my God, in you I trust; let me not be put to shame; let not my enemies exult over me.
Indeed, none who wait for you shall be put to shame; they shall be ashamed who are wantonly treacherous.
Make me to know your ways, O Lord; teach me your paths.
Lead me in your truth and teach me, for you are the God of my salvation; for you I wait all the day long.
Remember your mercy, O Lord, and your steadfast love, for they have been from of old.
Remember not the sins of my youth or my transgressions; according to your steadfast love remember me, for the sake of your goodness, O Lord!
Good and upright is the Lord; therefore he instructs sinners in the way.
He leads the humble in what is right, and teaches the humble his way.
All the paths of the Lord are steadfast love and faithfulness, for those who keep his covenant and his testimonies.

Gloria Patri Meineke

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost;
as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen, Amen.

Apostles' Creed

I believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, and in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried; he descended into hell. The third day he rose again from the dead. He ascended into heaven, and sitteth on the right hand of God, the Father Almighty; from thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead. I believe in the Holy Ghost; the holy catholic church; the communion of saints; the forgiveness of sins; the resurrection of the body; and the life everlasting. Amen.

Prayer of Intercession (concluding with The Lord’s Prayer)

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen.

Reception of New Members (11am)

Jake Glenn, Northern Tier (to be baptized)
Tom Boyd III, Metropolitan
Joey Chandra, Metropolitan
Ellen Dreibelbis, Metropolitan
Brock Garrigan, Metropolitan
Nadim El Jamal, Metropolitan
Garrett Linney, Metropolitan
Zach Reardon, Metropolitan

Hymn 44: How Great Thou Art O Store Gud

(During the 11am service, children ages 4-7 may go to the Catacombs for Praisemakers music.)

Please sing the refrain each time in Spanish:

Offering Prayer Joe Park

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Offertory: There Is a Green Hill Far Away (11am) Bob Chilcott

Tenth Church Choir

There is a green hill far away, outside a city wall, where the dear Lord was crucified, who died to save us all. We may not know, we cannot tell, what pains he had to bear, but we believe it was for us he hung and suffered there. He died that we might be forgiven, he died to make us good, that we might go at last to heaven, saved by his precious blood. O dearly, dearly has he loved, and we must love him, too, and trust in his redeeming blood, and try his works to do.

Scripture Reading: I Corinthians 9:19–23 (pew Bible, p. 957) Becky Lynn Van Oudenallen

Sermon: All Things to All People Rev. Hernando Saenz

Hymn 447: Christ for the World We Sing Italian Hymn

Benediction

Postlude: Kyrie, O God the Holy Ghost, BWV 671 Johann Sebastian Bach

Serving today:
Dr. Liam Goligher & Dr. Enrique Leal, 9:00am platform
Dr. Liam Goligher & Dr. Enrique Leal, 11am platform
Aaron Patterson, organist